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Names: Porter, Christopher A., author.
Title: Johannine social identity formation after the fall of the Jerusalem temple : negotiating identity in crisis / by Christopher A. Porter.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] | Series: Biblical interpretation series, 0928-0731 ; volume 194 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021047205 (print) | LCCN 2021047206 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004469815 (hardback ; acid-free paper) | ISBN 9789004469822 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Bible. John—Social scientific criticism. | Identity (Psychology)—Biblical teaching.
Classification: LCC BS2615.6.I33 P67 2022 (print) | LCC BS2615.6.I33 (ebook) | DDC 226.5/06—dc23/eng/20211005
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